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Lesson 4 - Peloponnesian War

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which letter on the map above represents Athens?

a)

D

b)

F

c)

G

d)

J

2.

Pericles appointed people for their abilities, not their class.


This led to ….

a)

Shopkeepers and laborers could share in government with nobles and farmers.

b)

Athens became the center of the arts in Greece.

c)

Athens had new temples, monuments, and statues.

3.

Which letter on the map above represents Sparta?

a)

D

b)

F

c)

G

d)

J

4.

What did Pericles call Athens?

a)

Sacred to the Gods

b)

Greatest City on Earth

c)

The School of Greece

d)

Superior to Sparta

5.

Aspasia was a Greek woman who

a)

was a member of Pericles’ family.

b)

fought the Persians.

c)

taught public speaking and was popular in Athens.

d)

ran a prosperous Athenian trading company.

6.

Philosophers are

a)

mathematicians.

b)

teachers of business techniques.

c)

priests in the Athenian religion.

d)

thinkers who reflect on the meaning of life.

7.

What is the name of the famous speech given by Pericles reminding the Athenians why it was worth fighting for democracy.

a)

Funeral Oration

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

I Have A Dream

8.

Which league originally had a stronger navy?

a)

The Delian League

b)

The peloponnesian League

9.

Which league originally had a stronger navy?

a)

The Delian League

b)

The Peloponnesian League

10.

TRUE or FALSE


Athenes suffered from a plague during the war that killed ⅓ of its population.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which league did Corinth join and fight with during the Peloponnesian Wars?

a)

The Delian

b)

The Peloponnesian

12.

Pericles supported arts and education.


This led to….

a)

Athens became the center of the arts in Greece.

b)

Shopkeepers and laborers could share in government with nobles and farmers.

c)

Athens had new temples, monuments, and statues.

13.

Name the kind of democracy we have in the United States.

a)

Direct Democracy

b)

Representative Democracy

14.

Name the headquarters of the Delian league that was located on an island in the Mediterranean Sea?

a)

Delos

b)

Crete

c)

Knossos

15.

Sparta made a deal with the Persians. The Spartans agreed to give Persia some territory in the east. In return, Persia gave Sparta ___________________.

a)

Soldiers

b)

Food for soldiers

c)

Gold of a navy

d)

Secret Information

16.

Athens was the largest of the Greek City States.


Its population numbered…

a)

1,000,000

b)

500,500

c)

32,000

d)

285,000

17.

What was the name of the peninsula that Sparta was located on?

a)

Peloponnesus

b)

Troy

c)

Persia

d)

Asia Minor

18.

Most upper class women in Athen rarely left their houses except to attend __________.

a)

Funerals

b)

Festivals

19.

Who won the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Sparta and the Peloponnesian League

b)

Athenes and the Delian League

20.

How many years did the Peloponnesian War last?

a)

100

b)

27

c)

55

d)

3

21.

After the Peloponnesian War, which person/kingdom to the north takes over all the Greek city-states?

a)

Alexander the Great / Macedonia

b)

Xerxes / Persia

c)

Caesar / Rome

22.

At the end of the war Sparta placed ________around Athens. They prevented food and other supplies from entering the city.

a)

a blockade

b)

a phalanx

c)

warriors

23.

True or False


Men and women were citizens in Athens.

a)

FALSE - Only land owning males were citizens and could have a say in government.

b)

TRUE - Athens was a true democracy, all people were citizens.

24.

TRUE or FALSE


After the Peloponnesian War ended, Greek city-states were united for many years under Spartan rule.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Who led the Athenians from 461 BC to 429 BC?

a)

Pericles

(PEHR-uh-kleez)

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

King Leonidas

d)

Socrates

26.

Name the kind of democracy they practiced in ancient Athens, Greece.

a)

Direct Democracy

b)

Representative Democracy

27.

Many of the enslaved people in Athens were ….

a)

prisoners captured in battle.

b)

captured Persians.

c)

people from Africa.

d)

Athenian criminals.

28.

In spite its success against the Persians, the Delian League failed. Why?

a)

Spartans had a superior ground forces.

b)

It had become a group of city-states controlled by Athens.

c)

The league was weak and could not control colonies.

d)

Pericles kept the treasury in Delos.

29.

What is the purpose of the Delian league?

a)

Its purpose was to defend its members against the Persians

(original purpose)

b)

Its purpose was to defend its members against Sparta and Peloponnesian League.

(purpose during Peloponnesian Wars)